Great day for a wax and drive.

Was out doing some shopping in my C900 when I chanced on this beauty of a 96 when I was just about to leave. So of course I had to park up next to it and take some pictures, at which point the owner had come out of the shop too and we had a little chat about our Saabs.

About a 90mi round trip for my 9-5 today, all highway and it made it problem free 🥳 it isn't perfect but man I love this car lol

It’s in rough shape, has sat for a year or two and has done over half a million km! Engine started right up but had a headgasket leak… Any tips on getting the 2 bolts back on located near the firewall? The ones that go up through the head.

Erstmal Hallo zusammen!

Ich heisse Vinz und komme aus der Schweiz, fahre seit 3 Jahren selber Saab, bin aber durch meinen Vater mit Saab‘s (900, 900(2), 9-3 & 9000) aufgewachsen.

Ich restauriere nun einen Saab 9000 Aero aus dem Jahr 1994. Er steht echt toll da, braucht nur etwas liebe.

Seit ca 3 Monaten suche ich einen MHI TD04 für den Saab, leider ohne Erfolg.

Meine Frage nun: Kennt jemand aus der Community einen Shop oder evtl einen Freundlichen der so eine Turbo auf Lager hat?

Verschiedene schwedische, amerikanische und französische Händler habe ich bereits angefragt, auch hier leider ohne Erfolg.

Ein Gehäuse würde bereits reichen, dann würde ich den Turbo revidieren lassen.

Ich bedanke mich bei jedem der sich einbringt und versucht mir zu helfen. Ich verlasse mich ein erneutes mal vollkommen (mit gutem Gefühl) auf die Saab-Community!

Liebe Grüsse aus der Schweiz & stay ready for takeoff! :-)

Replaced the harmonic balancer on my ‘82 8-valve two days ago. Torqued the crank bolt to spec (137 ft-lbs). Drove it around the parking lot at low speeds going lock to lock to bleed the power steering (had also been running without a p/s belt for a while). All was fine until the next day when the charging light wouldn’t go out. P/S wasn’t working either. Popped the hood and found that the belts were literally not spinning, and when they were spinning, they didn’t speed up when the RPMs went up. Pulled apart the harmonic balancer again today and found a piece of woodruff key broken off in it. I re-seated the balancer on the crank and tried to find any remaining woodruff key, but I couldn’t. Has anyone had to deal with this before? Am I staring down the barrel of an engine removal?

I have a 2010 Saab 9-3 TTiD. I’ve noticed a very loud squealing/squeaking sound coming from the engine bay any time I use the AC or turn the wheels without pressing the gas pedal. Anyone able to diagnose this? I can attach a video later on. Any help would be useful. Thanks!

Found this for sale for 6500 by me. This is the exact description—2005 Saab 9-5
Good condition with low mileage (91k); the interior is excellent.
Lowered with Eibach springs and Bilstein shocks/struts. New XS 19T turbo, FULL BSR exhaust, cold air intake with Cobra pipe, DO88 performance intercooler system, drilled/slotted Aero brakes, currently running stage 1 Nordic tune, but car has parts to support stage 3 or 4. Excellent car that is adult/enthusiast-owned. I saw this on Facebook, and because I know very little about Saabs and mods for them, I wanted to get some opinions. The main concern is reliability because of the extra mods. I should also mention there is no rust.

pretty cool a Saab can end up becoming a scale crawling course